Still trying to learn my way around here, but now I'm more confused.
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I'm still confused!!! (Pruning)
Comments (6)And for yet a sligtly different approach......I prune both my 2's and 3's hard each spring (right about now, or as soon as I have time). It results in only a slight delay on the 2's. I don't prune again after the first flush, simply because my schedule at that time of year doesn't often allow it yet I still get a rebloom but perhaps not as heavy as I would if I did a tounch up. Type 3's in my climate are mid to late summer bloomers and will be in flower pretty much consistently until frost so I have never seen a need for any additional midseason pruning on them. There is just one long bloom season here for 3's, perhaps because our summers are very mild. Jeanne's summer heat may create a different bloom situation that further pruning improves....See MoreI'm new, lurking around for months now:-)
Comments (44)I am amused to hear there is house envy extended both ways. :P It reminds me of when Mitzi joined us. We were all jealous of all the native flora of Brazil and she said she wished she could grow Tulips. @ Ingrid I am enjoying looking through your blog very much. How fun that you got your cuttings of Mathilde from Emilio Begine himself! I love your photographs, too, especially the ones of the swing flower garden and the shaggy pony by the shore. I think you live in a wonderful place! I am looking forward to reading more - but must work now. :P @ Mitzi I agree with you. I tell people to think of my plants like having another pet. There is a lot of work involved, but it gives you a peaceful feeling to care for them and interact with them....See MoreNow I'm confused
Comments (1)I feel your pain. My kitchen remodel waited a month while I wrestled with such decisions, and it's a small room. Having always lived in houses with a single two-bulb fixture in the middle of every room and depending, otherwise, on floor and table lamps, it had never occurred to me that lighting decisions could be so complicated. I found the topic so absorbing that I've kept reading and thinking about it even though my kitchen lighting is long-since taken care of. Even more so than with other types, the quality and amount of light provided by recessed lighting is determined more by the bulbs chosen than by the fixtures. If you know what sort of effect you are going for, if you can picture the light falling on a surface in a particular way, you can work backwards from there. Is the light direct, arriving at the surface in a direct line from the bulb, or is it indirect, having bounced off of a wall or the ceiling? Is it diffuse and soft-edged, or is it crisp and dramatic like a theater spotlight? Where must the fixture be positioned in order to put the light where you want it? If you can clarify these sorts of ideas then you can home in on the right sort of bulb, and then the fixture choice becomes much simpler. That said, 6" line-voltage cans are likely to be a perfectly workable choice. You could probably get away with 5" with the 10' ceilings, though there seem to be more trim choices available for the 6" cans. 4" would be too small except for accent lighting. I'm not much for DIY TV, so I'm not familiar with Divine Design or the specific lighting you're referring to. If Candice is using these lights to illuminate something on the wall, such as artwork hung there, then I'd guess the lights would be at least a couple of feet out. If the lights are intended to highlight surface textures of the wall, they could be positioned quite close to it....See MoreSeller is not sure about selling now? I'm confused!
Comments (20)Jmc01... I usually do not advise to put a time limit on a sellers response. First, 99% of sellers will respond timely anyhow. Second, what happens if the seller does not respond by your timeline? Here's what happens... the buyer is now faced with two unsavory situations. One, the buyer saves face and moves on and loses the house of their dreams only because they put a time limit on the seller. Or secondly, and usually the case, the buyer realizes that they don't want to walk away from the deal after the deadline and continues with the transaction. Now, the buyer is faced with the decision of how to get back into the deal. And when you do, you just showed the seller that you are not serious about your "RED LINES" drawn in the sand. You cornered yourself in a box, and the two ways out of that box are usually very undesirable to the buyer. What I would do here is to meet the seller agent for lunch and really find out what the true concerns are for the sellers. And then address them. (I like to eat) This post was edited by ncrealestateguy on Mon, Oct 13, 14 at 8:38...See More
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